Built Games, LLC is an

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and

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founded in December 8, 2014 by Michael Pagano Doom, and is based in

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. The company gained notoriety when their first mobile game, Little Dictator, was released in February, 2015. When it was initially submitted,

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rejected it due to its controversial subject matter and the way the game poked fun at

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's leader

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History

Built Games was founded in late 2014 by Michael Pagano, who was a former producer and studio head at EA and

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. Pagano's former

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colleagues Kevin McKinney and Jay Guevarra joined the company respectively as Co-Founder, COO and Partner, VP Strategy in late 2015. On November 12, 2015 Built Games published Super Nitro Chimp, which was developed by C2 Game Studio. In partnership with

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, Teletubbies Play Time, an app for toddlers was released on June 22, 2017 in the U.S. and Philippines, and worldwide on December 10, 2017. On October 13, 2016 Wyld Stallyns, an RPG title based on the

Bill and Ted ''Bill & Ted'' is an American science fiction comedy franchise created by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. It features William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan, portrayed by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, respectively, two metalhea ...

universe was announced and was released in November 2018. On 6/9/17, to celebrate the duo's favorite numeral combination, Built Games launched a 69 minutes of 69 promotion where a contest winner was selected to be included as a playable character. In partnership with

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: High Score, a mobile game based on the show created by

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and

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was released worldwide on April 20, 2018.

Games published

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